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This isn’t exactly a post matching our account and message, but the quote just really spoke to me. As you guys know, we have our main account on Wattpad, which as an app where people can self publish their books chapter by chapter. This quote came from the Wattpad book Silently Falling, and it is an amazing book. It’s about a girl that became mute after being raped at a party her freshman year, but two years later someone came into her life and helped her find her voice.

I guess the quote might pertain to our message. In life, an ending might not always mean the end of everything. There is always new hope and new beginnings, and there is always a chance to find your voice again.

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Smile

Poem Entry by: @look4stars (a wattpad user)

I am alone

Alone

Alone

Like I deserve to be

So why are you here?

And why are you smiling?

That smile is wasted on me

So stop

Please

Because... what happens when you leave

You are alone

Alone

Alone

But you don't deserve to be

So, to show you, I smile

#GardenForTheLiving #GFTL #suicide #depression #poetry #writing #words #anxiety #smile #alone #sadness

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Daisy’s Day

Daisy died August 3rd of last year. I’ve decided to name that day Daisy’s Day in honor of her, and I was hoping you guys could spread the word. She suffered from depression and anxiety, which ultimately caused her to commit suicide. She thought that she was unloved by the world; that no one cared about her. My friend and I did everything we could to save her, but we failed. We created this project to prove her wrong. To show her that she, and anyone else going through the same things she did, are loved. That they aren’t alone. So please, tell everyone about it. We also have an account on wattpad, also under the username gardenfortheliving.

Now go! Spread the word! Reblog this! Create images and poems and anything else! Submit them to me, or just post them on your own page with either #GardenForTheLiving, #GFTL, #Daisy’s Day, or all of them!

*If you would like your poem, image, or anything else posted on this page, just submit or pm me your post.*

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Eulogy

I sit here, grieving you, when everyone carries on. You changed my life, for better or worse. I loved how well you write, I could never write like that. My Parabatai is better at that. I miss reading your writing. No words could describe how amazing your writing is, or how much we miss you.

My Parabatai wrote an amazing analogy, but I am not that talented. I can try though.

The earth was pulling you under. It was trying to swallow you, but you fought it. You held onto whatever you could to survive. You fought as hard as you could for as long as you could, but the earth didn't get tired. It never stopped. You were slowly losing the battle, and you were in pain. Crazy amounts of pain, but you kept going. We tried to help. We have you our hands, reassured you that we could help. We told you we would pull you back up and not let you get swallower by the earth. We failed. When you holding on became too much, when you called out to us for help, we weren't there. We didn't pull you back up when you were being overtaken by the earth. We weren't there. You couldn't keep holding on, so you let it take you. You stopped fighting. You let the earth swallow you, okay with the idea that the pain will stop. When we finally came running, you were already gone, it was too late.

This haunts me everyday. I couldn't help. I let you sink. This analogy is similar to others, but it was the only way I could explain.

We failed you. We didn't help when you needed it the most. This knowledge eats me up every day. I try to hide it, try to push away the pain, but it doesn't work.

I envy the people that live life as if everything is normal, when I'm slowly being pulled the same way she went. I won't let it take me. I have people that care, and I won't let it take me.

I have been pulled up, and people keep me up, as I do the same in return. Daisy (crazyassbitch52) told us something. She said, keep on keeping on, and that's what we are doing.

No matter how hard it gets, we will keep on keeping on, for her.

Eulogy by @heronstairs310 (also on wattpad)

This eulogy is also posted in The Garden For The Living’s book Shattered Mind on wattpad.

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In remembrance of Daisy. Today is Daisy’s Day, and I want you all to reblog this in honor of her. She will not be forgotten.

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Why Us?

Poem from our wattpad book Shattered Mind

Written by @heronstairs310 (also on wattpad)

Why did you chose us?

Why did you find us when you needed help?

Why were we the people chosen?

You were drowning. Why were we the people you chose to hang on to?

You found my parabatai's book. You found her, and through her me. You connected with us. When you were closed off, but you opened up to us. Why were we chosen?

There are thousands of people on Wattpad you could have found. They could've helped you. But you chose us. You found us. Why?

Other people could have been there when you needed them the most. We couldn't.

I tried to help you. I was there when you needed someone, but I couldn't be that person. Nothing I said was good enough. Why did you chose me?

Someone else may have been able to help you. Why did you decide to open up to us? What made you trust us? We couldn't help.

You should've chosen someone else.

#gardenfortheliving #suicide #depression #anxiety #poetry #words #gftl #sadness #writing #daisy #why #loveyourlife #thereforyou

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Where Are You Now?

Poem from our wattpad book Shattered Mind

Written by @Shadowhunters77 (a wattpad user)

The words 'I miss you' do not suffice,

They are inadequate to describe how I feel,

Every day my heart aches and yearns for you,

My soul reaches out with longing,

But there is no response.

My arms are open to welcome you,

I stand ever awaiting your arrival,

But I know you will never come,

You will never respond to my call again

Where are you now?

Why did I let you slip away?

How could I let you let go?

Why can't I see you again?

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Her

Poem Entry by @heronstairs310 (a wattpad and tumblr user)

Words in her head,

Pointing out every fault

Knives in her heart,

Plunged farther and farther as she feels less and less cared for

A fake smile on her face,

fooling the world

Not until that smile was gone for good did they realize the truth

In her final moments,

She forgave those who did her wrong

She apologized to those who tried to help,

Calling herself a disappointment

She wasn't a disappointment,

Humanity was a disappointment

The world was dangling her over a cliff,

Just waiting for her to finally let go

The world killed her,

Yet she still told the people in it to

Keep on keeping on

She still believed in good in the world,

Even when it pushed her over the edge

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Time

Poem from our wattpad book Shattered Mind

Written by @heronstairs310 (also on wattpad)

One day things are here,

The next they aren’t

What seems like yesterday could actually be a year ago

So much time spent on the wrong things,

Neglecting what’s important

So much wasted time

You don’t realize how precious something is until time swallows it up

Until it swallowed her up

With wasted time comes regrets

And lost time with others

Unsaid words you never got to say

Things you wish you could take back

If only we had more time

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Drowning

Poem from our wattpad book Shattered Mind

Written by Shadowhunters77

Every day, I am drowning,

Drowning in my tears,

They are ever flowing like an endless river,

Two permanent streams raging down my cheeks

There are tears in my eyes,

My heart cries secretly.

When my heart is silent,

My soul screams

Someone listen to me,

Because you have left me all alone,

Someone give me the strength to go on,

Or end it all,

Because there is no strength left in me

I have already drowned,

In my floods of tears,

I am too weak to go on,

I could really use somebody to lean on

#gardenfortheliving #suicide #depression #anxiety #poetry #gftl #words #sadness #writing #daisy #Daisy’s Day

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Invisible

Poem from our book Shattered Mind

Written by Shadowhunters77 (a wattpad user)

I sit alone

In a room full of people

Who go on with their lives

Completely oblivious

Do they not see my tear stained cheeks?

The bags under my eyes from lack of sleep

Is the pain that rips through me invisible?

Do they not see my plight?

They are too absorbed in their conversations to care

Too busy with their games to ask

Too blind to see my pain

Too innocent to understand

How can they look into my eyes and not see my pain,

Believe me when I say that everything is fine?

My soul is dead, but they don't see

All the tears inside of me

Is my poker face that good?

I repeat over and over that I'm alright

When I say I'm fine who am I trying to convince?

Surley they aren't that gullible

But me and my pain are invisible

My struggle remains unseen

Or maybe,

They just don't have the time to listen to me

#gardenfortheliving #suicide #anxiety #depression #poetry #words #sadness #writing #suicide awareness #gftl #invisible #you are not alone #you are seen

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In Daisy’s Goodbye letter, she apologized to me for being a disappointment. That she was sorry I wasted my time on a hopeless case. Little did she now she was the opposite of a disappointment, and I didn’t waste a second of my time talking to her. I want you all to know that you are not a disappointment. No matter what you’ve done, or what you haven’t done, you aren’t a disappointment. You will never be a disappointment. Always remember that.

#gardenfortheliving #gftl #poetry #disappointment #suicide #inspiration #Daisy #Daisy’s Day #depression #anxiety #youarea #suicide awareness #youarenotalone #youareenough #youareworthit #youareloved

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Paint The Picture

Poem Entry by: KMousa (a wattpad user)

I paint the picture of emotions

Emotions that I'll never know

Those of violet, yellow, and green

Instead I'm splashing amber, black, and gray

I paint the picture of figures

Figures in my head horns and silver wings

I have adopted to call them my demons

But they are much more lethal than that

I paint the picture of voices

Voices inside my head, inside my mind

Their words smooth to the touch

Their caress seductive to the core

I paint the pictures of insomnia

The mysterious stranger entering me at late

His kiss inviting and warm

Yet also cold and misleading

I paint pictures of addiction

With what passion and delusion

I hold a silver blade willingly to my skin

Pressing down, oozing blood.

But I am not afraid of death

I'm afraid of living, plain and simple

But I can't say, my mouth firmly shut

I paint the picture of captious people

Who I most certainly won't speak to

In fear that they will speak in their tongue

The language of taunts and jeers

I paint the picture of harmful things

Looking at them with determination

Yet they are swirling in my vision

The vision clouded in my tears

I paint the picture of letters

One last goodbye to those close

A first hello to death's accepting arms

And finally put the brush away

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Pick Up A Pen is a wattpad initiative run by us. It challenges everyone to write a poem, letter, or short story about or for someone suffering from suicide, self harm, depression, a different mental illness, or someone you lost. It will be published on both our wattpad and tumblr account, complete with an image made to match. You will be given full credit for your creation.

Please help me raise awareness.

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The Name

I chose the name Garden for the Living for two basic reasons. The Garden part is for Daisy who this project is in memory of. It represents all of those who have died by their own hands as people generally plant flowers around graves. However this isn't only for the dead, it's for the Living who are struggling every day to show them that there is hope and that we understand and are there for them. They are never alone and we care.

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